Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challengeand Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

About the Role:

The OEM Sr. Business Analyst is a collaborative, cross-departmental position responsible for the organization and task creation of projects for Dealer Inspire’s OEM Brand Programs.  This position is the connection to our Development team and our Program Management team and will ensure communication, expectations, and priorities are aligned for flawless execution.

Our brand partners have integrations that are the foundation for the operation of their dealer network and websites.  These integrations can include but are not limited to Inventory, Analytics, Leads, Tagging, and more. The OEM Sr. Business Analyst will be the primary driver in ensuring that the team has the necessary details related to project scope, project timeline, technical requirements, and definition of success

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders and external clients to identify and understand the desired enhancements or modifications in order to gather and document requirements for proposed solutions/system functionality.

• Assists with project planning by ensuring expectations are clearly stated, communicated, and documented. Provides input into project management concerning the scope, impacts and risks of requirements gathered.

• Collaborates with the business and development teams on a variety of items including, but not limited to, creating testing plans, system execution. and production defect management.

• Participates in the final implementation and integration of solutions by monitoring project progress, tracking development and implementation activities, ensuring the solution meets business and brand partner needs, and publishing progress reports.

Requirements:

• Minimum four (6) years of experience in a business analyst role

• Excellent time management and organization skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to balance demand and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with requirements gathering, process, system and data analysis, and solution definition with a customer focus in mind

• Understanding of how data can flow between systems via integrations/APIs/ETL tools

• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), the agile development methodology and SAFe environments

• Familiarity with Atlassian’s suite of tools (JIRA, Confluence)

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